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- Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36No thanks. I will still pirate my music the good old, traditional way.
- phpirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26"4. Listen to (internet) radio and record it"
Thats what I do, and it works perfectly. I haven't bought a CD forever and I can still get music I like. If you're into stuff like trance, techno, house, etc, go to http://www.di.fm
I somehow doubt that the RIAA wants you recording Internet radio since they're stupid enough to be freaking out about people dancing to music on youtube, but it can't be detected for the time being so theres no worries. - iluvatar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22humming really loudly?
- klacour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Another great place to get free music is the public library. Here are a few easy steps:
1) Find your local public library
2) Bring your laptop, find a quiet spot - oh wait, it's all very quiet in this place
3) walk over the the media section, browse thru the CDs.
4) Grab a couple, bring 'em back to your laptop, rip, return them to the shelf.
5) Rinse
6) Repeat
No, they do not have a huge collection, but check the catalog, especially in libraries that are part of a wider network. They share books, CDs, etc .. request those CDs. They often times will mail you a notice when they arrive.
I imagine in larger cities, the collections are larger. I live in a small town, part of a county wide library network. We have 100s of CDs on hand, and 1000s across the network.
It's just another place to get free stuff. - KJay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Casette tape?
- sardonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I think the RIAA would rather have us use a jukebox model if they could.. .they don't want us owning the music at all they just want us to have access and pay per play. constant revenue stream.. in the perfect RIAA world.
- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17dont stations have to pay fees to play the songs anyway? i guess you could see it as boycotting, but really.. they're still getting paid.
- AMCer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16He means copy sheet music.
- bobbytuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Actually, I'm not sure the RIAA even wants us to *hear* the music. I don't know for this sure, but I get the sense that they'd rather we just send them money because we've been told that the music we like exists -- and that alone is worth $8.99. That's the price of existence.
If we hear it, the price goes up considerably -- around $12.99 or so.
And if we want to play it ourselves -- either on our CD player or in our MP3 player -- we should certainly pay for that privilege. $14.99 for MP3 rights, $18.99 for CD rights. - Gnascher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Easy. Just don't buy new music, and listen to what you already have. Hell, you know there hasn't been any good musing produced since you graduated highschool in 19-dicketydick anyway.
Get off my lawn! - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Yes, that is the Law.
Metallica being a perfect example. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12so if you support small bands and they become big do we stop buying there music?
the circle of life. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Btw, http://last.fm is also pretty damn good.
- KJay, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9It sure beats the humming I've been doing,
- Needle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9"If you're into stuff like trance, techno, house, etc, go to http://www.di.fm"
what if you're not into trance, techno, house, etc =P - cathars1s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6sorry, but there are plenty of indie bands who just suck. Why? Barriers to entry are lower, meaning on average, some pretty crappy music.
- mapkinase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Finally something on digg that is against *AA AND legal.
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Nope. StreamJacker2 or Stationripper do the trick nicely.
- MarcoRaaphorst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4But Creative Commons should be mentioned! How could they forget about this? They are an answer to these DRM and copyright issues. It is really simple: artists should use Creative Commons licenses. I am using those myself since 2003 and I am doing professional music and sound design. People can download my work for free for non-commercial use. That works fine! Spread the word!
- Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Or you could find CDs not under the RIAA umbrella so they'd hopefully realize it's not technology that's the problem, but the music.
http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Use the radio on http://Last.fm, or use Pandora. There are a plethora of online radio stations, as well as many apps to record the streams. For WinAmp, I suggest using streamripper. It will automatically break each song up and tag it appropriately.
- Raar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4To the whole internet Radio thing
www.shoutcast.com
^^lists huge amounts of stations, all kinds of music, just use winamp, works awesomely - cyclotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4In the US you can copy a CD for a friend too. You just cant upload it and make the equivilent of millions of copies.
- gcube9x, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Seconding the di.fm, it has very few ads and the music is a) top notch and b) never the same.
- psychorhino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4regyt: If you are making a conscious effort to avoid RIAA-affliated labels, and one of your favorite bands signs with a major label, don't buy their CD. It is as simple as that.
Scottauth is right in his post: the best, and most overlooked, method of bucking the RIAA is purchasing and listening to independent music. Most independent labels sell their music DRM-free on emusic, and they tend to treat their musicians right. And the people who run these labels are very cool people; some have even started the label because nobody else would distribute their music. - RadicalBender, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Alternatively, your local library probably has many CDs for check out as well. Usually a smaller selection and probably very little recent music, but the price is plainly unbeatable.
- kalmi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's built into VLC too.
First you need to open the playlist window: View->Playlist. Once you have the playlist window open chose: Manage->Service discovery->Shoutcast radio listings. That's it... - colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5or just buy records. better sounding music and no DRM, in fact there's just no D involved at all.
- foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"they don't want us owning the music at all they just want us to have access and pay per play."
technically we dont "own" the music
We buy a license to play the music - sometemple, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4indietorrents.com
- CreepingDeath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3jessecrouch, while thats true, the station pays the same if one person listens, or one million (as far as I know), so in that respect if you were buying cd's before they're losing a crap load of money on one end, and not seeing an increase on the other.
I do all of these, I've even been known to record plain ol FM radio on occasion. I have a bookmark of the RIAA's list of member labels, and do not buy any music from those artists, sorry guys. I still see bands I like when they come to town, and even though I won't buy a CD at a show I will buy stickers/shirts. What needs to happen is the word needs to get out to the labels that being a part of the RIAA and its tactics is going to lose them customers, and money, so they decide to take a better approach. Of course this could backfire and they could take a worse one, but I'd like to think they are at least enough of the member labels would see the light : ) - scottauth, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8How about adding the best choice there is...
7. Listen to Independent music
Why is this so often overlooked?
There are always complaints about how mainstream music is bland and is only their to create hits.
Well how about doing something about it and discovering new music. Within the independent scene there is music for every flavor and 99% of the time it is better than anything you will EVER hear on the radio. Not to mention that the indepent bands / labels actually care about the fans.
Most of the time you can find independent records for $10 through their websites and shows.
Distribution is certaintly a flaw, but you can find many independent recording artists at Best Buy. However, I highly suggest looking into mom and pop record stores in your area. Hang out and talk to the workers (not all are as snobby as Jack Black in High Fidelity) and they'll point you in all the right directions. - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm surprised no one mentioned http://www.magnatune.com
They offer free unlimited hi-fi previews of all of their musical offerings, and very cheap purchases if you find something you like and want to take it with you. 50% of the money you spend goes to the artist, so if you like something, be generous (They offer variable pricing). You then download the album in your format of choice (last time I checked they offered MP3, OGG and WAV) and then burn your CD, or download to your MP3 Player and go! - oringo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@mattwestm,
Of course this works on linux. You can stream mp3 or rm streams with xmms/mplayer/vlc, and there is a very good commandline tool called streamripper that you can use to rip the internet radios. It automatically separate the stream into files and name the files after the stream's metadata.
Some radio stations, such as di.fm are not streamripper-friendly. They use a trick to repeatedly re-broadcast metadata to disrupt the streamripping.
If you are not into electronica, di.fm also offers soothing classical music. My personal favorite is bluefm: http://www.bluefm.net/ - Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Nothing mainstream, no, but there's plenty of good music out there that the media-fed masses don't know about.
- crawf061, on 10/12/2007, -2/+499% of the time? thats a negative ghost writer.
- Permanent4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's a shame that so many digg users would rather support The Pirate Bay and AllOfMP3.com instead of picking up on some of the high-quality indie music podcasts out there. Want some decent indie rock? Take a listen to Insomnia Radio or Bitjobs for the Masses. Like blues? The Roadhouse is awesome. Enjoy downtempo/trip hop? The Chillcast and Dave's Lounge play a lot of great tunes.
Whatever genre of music you like, there's probably a podcast out there pointing you toward the good stuff in that genre that isn't associated with the RIAA. It often comes from quality artists that WANT you to share their music. We're spending all this time sharing RIAA music that we're not paying enough attention to the good stuff that's right in front of us -- gigging bands striking out on their own, labels that actually care enough to pay their artists, etc. It's a shame that so many people still carry an "indie music sucks" attitude. Sure, some of it does suck, but there's good stuff out there, too, and there's a solid group of podcasters out there finding the good stuff. We should all be listening. - KilgoreCarp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If you don't know how to get free music by now, you are not a digg user.
The RIAA is insane and stupid but I'm not going to avoid an album by one of my favorite bands like the plague just because they are on a major. - stonyhill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They missed my favorite free music site: www.Jamendo.com.
They have over 1,000 free albums available for streaming or via Bittorrent. - pabster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, the 'retarded' ones are the stupid ***** who purchase Defective Recorded Media (DRM) to begin with.
- briguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Check out CBC Radio 3 at http://radio3.cbc.ca/
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -5/+799%? You must be joking.
Sorry, but 99% of indie music sucks, which is why it's indie. - scottauth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You haven't lived life until you were headbutted by Wesley Willis.
RIP Wesley. - UnderWurlde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Supreme Court decided so last year"
I'd love to see a link to this... I want actual proof that it is indeed legal, and not just a word-of-mouth comment... - hordak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"6. Download free music"
100% FREE Wesley Willis Tribute album, Loved Like a Milkshake:
http://www.archive.org/details/Loved_Like_a_Milkshake-A_Tribute_to_Wesley_Willis - cyclotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is nothing wrong with a DRMed file. Just burn it to a disk. Its like you guys are retarded. As for CDs, buy them used.
- glyph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2di.fm is a great solution for streaming music. And yes, it works fine on Linux, just use the 96k winamp .pls stream. You can set your browser to open the streams in xmms, or download them and open them from there. Heck even xine can play .pls (with snazzy visualizations too).
Another nice streaming site (for people who like non-techno) is shoutcast.com, they have lots of categories and a similar .pls setup.
As for recording, I personally like to use streamripper, which is multiplatform and gets the job done well enough (only tried it on Linux). - rideagain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If there's nothing wrong with a DRM file as you believe, then why do you have to burn it to a disk? Maybe because the file was in fact not OK before burning?
- Permanent4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You're still downloading the RIAA's music, though. You may not be giving them dollars, but you're giving them attention -- attention that could go to worthy unsigned or indie label artists.
There are a lot of high-quality indie music podcasts out there. You should try some of them. - SanityInAnarchy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Their previews are anything but that -- it looks like just about all their music is available as a "preview" which is basically some relatively high-quality mp3s in a playlist that makes them appear to be "streaming". You can buy them and get full-quality FLAC files, if you want to burn a CD. Prices can be very reasonable, I believe the low end is something like $4/album, although obviously you'll want to pay more if you really like the artist. 50% goes straight to the artist.
They also allow you to give away five copies to friends. And that's entirely on your word -- there's no DRM whatsoever. If you really wanted to, you could just go pull all the "streaming" mp3s and never buy any. But the refreshing change here is, rather than spend tons of time and effort making your experience worse because you might be a pirate, they start out assuming you're honest. Keep in mind, those who want to pirate will always have thepiratebay. Those who want to be legit should appreciate this trust and respect.
There's also mindawn, which even has an ITMS-like interface (for Linux, too)... But I don't know much about them except that they seem to be a bit more democratic. Magnatune functions like a record label, selecting the artists that they want to actually publish music from. Mindawn functions more like... well... Digg. Or, like CafePress or somesuch -- artists can simply set up an account and start selling FLACs. -
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